Dampierre-en-Graçay

Cher · CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry · INSEE 18085

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 19/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dampierre-en-Graçay (INSEE 18085) is in Cher (18), part of CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry. Population 252 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 19/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,272 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.43	10	4.3
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 190 peak 1990: 271 2023: 252 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 255 (2012) → 252 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 271 (1990) → 252 (2023): -7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 10.8 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.5 km WGP — 4.6 km WBakery — 4.8 km SEPharmacy — 8.3 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Massay): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Genouilly): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Genouilly): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Graçay): 8.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Dampierre-en-Graçay): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.5

Days at or below 0 °C 52.8

Muggy days a summer 6.3

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VIERZON - VEVES weather station, 6.9 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 137 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VIERZON, 11.7 km away at 155 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

An average of 741 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VIERZON - VEVES, 6.9 km away at 98 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18085/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18085/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18085/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18085/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18100
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18085
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Blomac	11	445 km S	264	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Monteignet-sur-l'Andelot	03	155 km SE	266	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Raincheval	80	324 km N	269	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Annoix	18	51 km SE	250	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Plaimbois-du-Miroir	25	355 km E	276	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 12 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues	13	425 km SE	229	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Annoix	18	51 km SE	250	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Monteignet-sur-l'Andelot	03	155 km SE	266	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Raincheval	80	324 km N	269	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Plaimbois-du-Miroir	25	355 km E	276	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 12 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues	13	425 km SE	229	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Blomac	11	445 km S	264	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Dampierre-en-Graçay's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Caubeyres	47	352 km SW	277	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Loubens	09	461 km S	267	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Forgues	31	423 km S	214	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Roquetaillade-et-Conilhac	11	466 km S	265	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lasséran	32	414 km S	358	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Roquefort	32	395 km S	275	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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